The Bible

[athoughtfulman]

Its like trying to argue about the validity of a product using the product manufacturers own source materials.

That's an interesting way to look at it. I didn't even think about it like that.

I grew up going to church till I was 18, more by choice than anything. There was a point when I was almost about to go to bible college; I did a few sermons and was heavily involved in other activities. As far as the bible, I read it more than most. And I thought about it. At that point, I still believed so I didn't pay attention to the stories which discredit it. However, I'm always finding I know the bible a lot more than most christians. I also enjoy taking ideas in the bible to their extreme and seeing if christian morality stands up to it. For example, in one of Paul's letters he mentions that he counts everything as loss for the sake of knowing christ. Now Paul is a man, a supposed sinner like everyone else, yet he counts it all as loss. Ask a christian is they count everything as loss. Very few will be able to answer truthfully, especially in the western world. They're all too caught up in their work, family, marriage, financial trouble, etc. But if they don't count everything as loss, are they a real christian?

Watch them squirm.